[Rarebooks] fs: Maritime art/artists (3 titles)

[Back Creek Books]

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(No. 9126)   Grant, Gordon (Foreword by C. Fox Smith). SAIL HO!: WIND JAMMER 
SKETCHES ALOW AND ALOFT.
New York: William Farquhar Payson, [1931]. First printing, Original cloth, 
Quarto, xii, 127 pages, sketches. Very good in a good dust jacket, Jacket in 
Mylar protector.
      A wonderful collection of captioned sketches showing the typical crew 
at their work and leisure activities aboard the old sailing ships. Many of 
these sketches were made by Grant aboard the Star of Alaska on a 1925 
cruise. He was also able to draw on his experiences on an earlier voyage 
around the Horn aboard the City of Madras. Bound in tan decorated cloth over 
boards with illustrated endpapers. Frontispiece sketch with tissue guard and 
descriptive letterpress. There is some occasional light foxing, some mild 
dustiness to top edge of textblock, and a prior owner inscription 
preliminary blank leaf. Jacket shows some overall light soil and foxing, 
edge chips and closed tears, and some browning along spine.
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(No. 10116)   Hemy, Thomas M. DEEP SEA DAYS: THE CHRONICLES OF A SAILOR AND 
SEA PAINTER.
London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1926. First printing, Original cloth, Octavo, 
224 pages, black and white sketches by the author. Near Fine.
      Lively description of life at sea in the days of sail, based on the 
author's own experiences between 1866 and 1870. Includes twelve sketches by 
the author. Bound in green cloth over boards with spine titled and decorated 
in gilt, upper board bordered in blind. Minor extremity rubs and shallow 
bumps, small bookseller label (Chas. E. Lauriat Co., Boston) at lower inner 
margin of front free endpaper.
 $75.00 - Photo(s) and secure ordering:
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(No. 9047)   May, Walter W[illiam]. MARINE PAINTING. WITH SIXTEEN COLOURED 
PLATES.
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, [1888?]. First Edition, Original cloth, 
Oblong Quarto, 68 pages + 2 leaves of publisher ads, Color plates, black & 
white cuts. Very Good.
      May's practical instruction for capturing on canvas not just the sea 
and sky but also ships and watercraft. There are 16 color plates of May's 
paintings tipped in, and each is accompanied by his explanatory text. There 
are also a number of small line drawings throughout. Bound in dark blue 
cloth over boards with upper board titled in gilt, both boards have 
blind-stamped borders and rules. Minor rubs at extremities, lower board has 
a few abraded spots to cloth near joint. There is light foxing scattered 
through the text and mounting pages but not affecting the plates themselves. 
Hinges not cracked. A very well preserved copy of this scarce and lovely 
book.
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 Sandburg, Carl (1878-1967).  'Abraham Lincoln: the War Years (Signed, 
complete in 4 volumes).'
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